The Ukrainian Armed Forces hit a shipyard in Kerch; The EU will confirm Ukraine’s progress in European integration. Athletistic highlights yesterday’s key events.
An air raid alert was announced in annexed Crimea. The Russians set up a smoke screen near the Crimean Bridge and in Sevastopol Bay, and explosions were heard. Occupation authorities traditionally announced successful air defense operations. Later on social networks it was reported that the strike hit the shipyard and the small missile ship Askold. Subsequently, the Ukrainian Armed Forces confirmed a successful strike on the Zaliv shipyard in the city of Kerch. And the Russian Ministry of Defense admitted that the ship was “damaged.”
Ukraine has made significant progress towards EU membership and next week the European Commission will present an enlargement report. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said this in Kyiv at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. In his opinion, Ukraine is in the process of completing major reforms. “And if this happens, I am confident that Ukraine’s ambitious goal of moving to the next stage of the accession process will be achieved,” von der Leyen concluded.
Russian aggressors launched a missile attack on soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one of the front-line villages in the Zaporozhye region. Soldiers may gather in one place for Missile Forces and Artillery Day honors. It was reported by the media on Saturday, November 4, and then confirmed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. More than 20 military personnel were previously killed, including the former head of the Khmelnitsky regional RTCC, as well as civilians.
Russian aggressors launched a missile attack on Mirgorod district of Poltava region. There are dead and wounded civilians. The rocket debris damaged several residential buildings. Heavy explosions also occurred in the city of Dnepr on Saturday night. Russian aggressors hit an infrastructure facility. Previously, there were no casualties. In Kherson, as a result of an enemy attack, two were injured – an 82-year-old woman and an 84-year-old man. Russian troops also fired a missile at Zarechny in Zaporozhye, injuring nine local residents.
Russia unsuccessfully tested the RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile, the centerpiece of its land-based strategic nuclear force. The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported this on November 4. Unsuccessful tests of Yars and Bulava missiles, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, took place on October 25. The situation was repeated on November 1 with the Yars ICBM. Intelligence officials added that the Russian Federation also has serious problems with the heavy silo-based RS-28 Sarmat ICBM, which is one of the main projects in the modernization process of the country’s strategic nuclear forces announced by Moscow. In addition, Russia’s efforts to improve the air component of its strategic nuclear forces remain unresolved.
President Vladimir Zelensky fired the commander of the Special Operations Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Viktor Khorenko, on the recommendation of Defense Minister Rustem Umerov. This was reported by the media in connection with the Deputy Head of the Presidential Office, Roman Mashovets. He mentioned that according to paragraph 5 of Art. 16 of the Law of Ukraine On National Security, commanders of individual military branches and forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are appointed and dismissed from the positions of the President of Ukraine at the proposal of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine. In this regard, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that Khorenko is now needed in a certain direction, he will continue to serve in the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. He added that commenting on the reasons and requirements for changing high military positions during the war would give the enemy reasons to weaken Ukraine.
President Vladimir Zelensky does not consider the current situation at the front a stalemate. He said this on Saturday, November 4, at a joint press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, commenting on an interview with the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny in The Economist magazine. “This is not a stalemate. Russia controls the skies. We take care of our military. No one wants to be simply abandoned, like Russia abandons its people like meat,” he said. The President believes the solution is to wait for the F-16 fighters.
The Security Service and the Office of the Prosecutor General collect evidence against the head of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), Patriarch Kirill (Vladimir Gundyaev), who advocates an armed invasion of the Russian Federation and denies the war crimes of the occupiers . According to the investigation, the Moscow patriarch was part of the inner circle of the highest military-political leadership of the Russian Federation and was one of the first public supporters of a full-scale war against Ukraine. Based on the collected evidence, Gundyaev was informed of suspicions of encroaching on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine, justifying the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine by boasting of its participants, releasing and launching an aggressive war.
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Source: korrespondent
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